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Former Super Eagles captain, Sunday Oliseh has distanced himself from any coaching job in Nigeria for now. He said the system and authorities make it difficult for a serious coach to succeed. Oliseh, who was a guest and a panelist at the Supersport ana...
Winner of the 29th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations as a coach, Stephen Keshi has said he is fulfilled for guiding the Super Eagles of Nigeria to its third title after winning it also as a player in 1994. Keshi who made history on Sunday becoming t...
The Super Eagles of Nigeria were crowned as the champions of Africa on Sunday night after beating Burkina Faso 1-0 in front of a capacity crowd at the National Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa to end 19-years of wait.
Mali's head coach Patrice Carteron has said the citizens of the troubled West African nation are satisfied with the performance of its senior national team, The Eagles, at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nation in South Africa.
Mali finished third after beating one of the pre-tournament favourites Ghana 3-1 in the third place match on Saturday.
Mali also finished third at the last edition of the tournament in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea last year.
``I’m proud of the achievement of my players. They worked hard to get the bronze medal.
``I think the people back home will be very happy with the team’s performance,’’ the Frenchman said after the match.
Malian players had expressed their willingness to perform well at the tournament to make their compatriots back home happy.
That was in view of the situation in the country where armed Islamist groups have been battling the country's forces - assisted by an international intervention force.
Ghanaian soccer fans resident in Ebonyi, have warned against the disbandment of the current Black Stars that represented Ghana in the just concluded AFCON, where the team’s performance fell below their expectation. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN...
The Super Eagles of Nigeria will this afternoon take on the Stallions of Burkina Faso in the grand finale of the 29th edition of Africa Nations Cup holding in South Africa. If the Super eagles win the trophy at the end of proceeding today, coach Stephe...
Nigeria is expected to be crowned African football kings a third time Sunday by bringing the fairytale run of Burkina Faso to an end.Man for man, the Super Eagles look stronger than the Stallions ahead of the title match at the 85 000-capacity Soccer S...
The unstoppable Gareth Bale scored twice in Tottenham Hotspur’s 2-1 victory over Newcastle United in the Premier League on Saturday while rivals Chelsea and Arsenal also won to add spice to the race for the Champions League spots.
The grand finale of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations comes up tomorrow with the Super Eagles of Nigeria taking on the surprise finalist, Burkina Faso at the 94,000-capacity National Stadium, Soweto in an all West African final derby. To reach the final, ...
Burkina Faso’s star striker Jonathan Pitroipa, who picked up a red card in Wednesday’s semi final, is set to play in Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations final after all. For Pitroipa to be able to take part the referee in Wednesday’s...
The Football Association has fined Sir Alex Ferguson £12,000 over comments he made about an official after Manchester United’s Premier League game at Spurs. The Manchester United boss, 71, accused assistant referee Simon Beck of failing to ...
Nigeria ended Mali’s aspirations of reaching the 2013 Orange Africa Cup of Nations finals when they defeated the fellow West Africans 4-1 at the Moses Mabhida Stadium on Wednesday night.
The president of World football governing body (FIFA), Sepp Blatter, will on Wednesday begin a six-day trip to Africa that will take him to Mauritania, Guinea, Botswana and South Africa. He would be expected to round off the tour by gracing the finals ...
Mali captain Seydou Keita on Monday hit back at those who say his side will face an uphill battle against Nigeria on Wednesday in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals because the Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi has a good knowledge of the team h...
Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi says he is looking forward to going up against his former team when Nigeria face Mali in the semifinals of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations on Wednesday night, kick-off at 5pm. Keshi was in charge of the Malian national team f...